The Bus journey to Magnetic Island was a hard one, since I didn't get back to my dorm room until 7.30am after the crazy night in Airlie and the bus left at 8.30!Now I have to mention our driver laurence who was the funniest driver we have had. He carried around a Steve Irwin doll, after the untimely death of the Crocodile Hunter that left us all sad. But he was really attached to the Doll, saying that the legend lives on and Stevey would never die! (suppose y...

We stayed in Airlie for about a week after the sailing experience, chilling by the lagoon and looking for some work. Julian hooked up with the Crazy Irish girl from the Boat and they are stuck to one another like glue...She's wicked though, really a bit crazy, great to be around though. Se has nicknamed me Disco Dave - don't ask why cos I have no idea! I started hanging out with one of the other girls from the boat, Amy who is a nice northern lass, coming in at 6...

Kroombit to Airlie is a 9 hour drive! None of us were looking forward to this one but we made it the most fun possible. Karaoke started on the bus with Luke dancing and singing, as usual! He really does bring the party to life. Luckily we all got some sleep and all got on very well so the trip went quite quickly. We arrived in Airlie, to be told that there really isn't a beach here...hence the name Airlie Beach...Interesting! We also were informed that ...

Day three dawned and I have never been so petrified in my life. I had to get back on this boat. Brian and I contemplated just swimming back to Airlie but we decided to grasp our fears and get on the boat. We were heading to Snorkel the reef and this was something I was really looking forward to. The weather was overcast but ok, so with dread in our bodies, we boarded the boat. I noticed the previous day that sitting outside playing eye spy with Amy was a lot n...

Day two arrived and I had a stinking hangover! And believe me there is nothing better than curing this with a short walk along the beach as the sun is rising! I was joined by Luke Senior as we have christened him, and hey presto hangover gone! One thing we couldn’t do however is swim in the ocean, due to rip tides and Tiger Sharks breading which was a it disappointing but hey Lake McKenzie made up for that. So day two we had to get everything clean at a loc...